# Incident 20010925025689I: Doug DC873F, Mexico City, Mexico, September 25, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 25, 2001, 21:18 local time
- Place: Mexico City, Mexico
- Airport: Mexico City
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DHLA
- Aircraft: N806DH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N806DH-2017-09-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Douglas DC-8-73F (registry code 302199F, https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-8-73f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC873F
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010925025689I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) A DHL DC-8, TAIL NUMBER N806DH, WAS ON TAKEOFF ROLL ON RUNWAY 5L AT THE MEXICO CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, MEXICO CITY, MEXICO. A B-777 AIRCRAFT OPERATED BY AIR FRANCE CROSSED RUNWAY 5L AT TAXIWAY B6 CAUSING THE DHL DC-8 AIRCRAFT TO ABORT IT'S TAKEOFF AND DIVERT IT'S PATH OFF THE RUNWAY IN ORDER TO AVOID HITTING THE CROSSING AIR FRANCE B-777 AIRCRAFT. THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE DHL DC-8 AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N806DH (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20100805046569I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100805046569I), Aug 5, 2010: Douglas DC-8-73F (N806DH), Plato, NY, No damage. Aircraft cabin altitude horn sounded inflight at FL360 due to leaking center windshield, loud squeal in flight deck. Emergency declared, crew obtained…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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